Thomas A. Hauser

Partner

Baltimore

Tel 410.528.5691
Fax 410.528.5650

Thomas A. Hauser represents lenders, investors, borrowers, and other sources of capital in the purchase, sale, financing, and restructuring of real estate assets. He is Co-Leader of the firm's Real Estate Finance Group, Co-Leader of the Housing Finance Group, the firm's Baltimore Office Managing Partner, and a member of the firm's Elected Board and Senior Leadership Team. He advises clients through all phases of a transaction—from the due diligence and term sheet stage through financing and closing, and he supports them with business counseling on issues such as fund formation and corporate governance.

Tom regularly handles large, complex transactions throughout the country that involve multiple layers of financing and equity interests. He has played a leading role in the purchase, sale, and financing of office and multifamily complexes, senior living facilities, student housing, biotech campuses, and retail buildings.

Services

Experience

Representative Matters

Represented controlling investor group in the $315 million sale of a medical office building and 11 seniors housing facilities located in six states
Represented the borrower in the negotiation and closing of a $5.7 billion credit facility
Represented a group of lenders in the assumption of 42 loans during the billion-dollar merger of two manufactured housing REITS

Represented multiple DUS Lenders in the assumption of 62 existing loans as part of a multimillion-dollar merger two large seniors housing providers
Represented multiple DUS Lenders in the in the assumption of $837 million in mortgage debt by a large seniors housing REIT in its acquisition of another seniors housing provider
Represented a DUS Lender and Seller Servicer in the $648 million Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac financing of a leading public REIT’s acquisition of 32 seniors housing properties across 12 states
Represented a DUS Lender and Seller Servicer in the $336 million Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac mortgage refinancing of two seniors housing portfolios comprising 39 properties across 17 states
Represented a Seller Servicer in the $172 million financing of senior living facilities using Freddie Mac loans
Represented a Seller Servicer in the $280 million financing of 20 assisted living facilities using Freddie Mac loans
Represented a Seller Servicer in the $82 million financings of two mixed-use, affordable housing projects located in the San Francisco metropolitan area
Represented a leading private real estate equity company in the $60 million purchase of a multifamily housing complex located in the Baltimore/Washington corridor
Represented a leading private equity company in the $102 million purchase of a Class A multifamily complex located in suburban Washington, D.C., and the $110 million purchase of a Class A multifamily complex located in Bethesda, Maryland
Represented private equity investors in negotiating the financing and closing the $35 million purchase of a student housing facility at the University of Missouri and the $50 million purchase of a student housing facility in West Virginia
Represented private equity investors in the $60 million acquisition of a majority interest in a group of operated assisted living facilities
On behalf of a fund sponsor, created a $100 million private equity fund to buy contingent assets and handled the private offering
On behalf of a wealth management company, created an investment fund and handled the private offering of equity interest
Represented the principal investor in a private equity company in the formation of a joint venture, which included the creation of a platform to acquire, finance, and secure specialized assets

Professional Highlights

Professional Activities

American Bar Association

Maryland Bar Association

Recognition & Accomplishments

The Best Lawyers in America, real estate law, securitization and structured finance law, 2010-2025

The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers – Real Estate 2013-2015

Chambers USA, real estate law (Maryland), 2015-2024

Speaking Engagements

Moderator, "Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae Zoning and Code Compliance Standards for Multifamily Underwriting," presentation to PNC Real Estate Multifamily Agency Underwriters, November 4, 2014

Speaker, "CMBS 2.0: New Servicing Standards, " ACMA 38th Annual Meeting, September 2012

Speaker, "The New CMBS: Rising from the Ruins or Descending into the Debris," American Bar Association Section on Real Property, Trust, and Estate Law, 23rd Annual Spring Symposium, May 2012

Board Memberships & Community Service

Past President and Board Member, The Family Tree

Publications

"Debt Markets - Dead, Delayed or Dynamic: Current Factors Influencing Real Estate Finance," Annual Meeting of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, October 2016

"CMBS 2.0 – Things to Consider from a Borrower's Perspective," a chapter in The ACREL Papers—Fall 2011, American Law Institute – American Bar Association, Fall 2011

"Recent Developments in CMBS Loan Documentation," The Review of Banking & Financial Services, December, 2012

"Mandatory Retirement of State Judges and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act," 51 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 4, 1990

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Credentials

Education

University of Pittsburgh School of Law (J.D. 1991, cum laude)
Head Note and Comment Editor, University of Pittsburgh Law Review

Dickinson College (B.A. 1988)

Admissions

Maryland

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland